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Al-Qaida, Taleban Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike VOA News 28 Feb 2002 19:24 UTC 
U.S. military officials say about 100 al-Qaida and Taleban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a detention facility in Cuba.
The officials said the strike began Wednesday evening. There were no confirmed details on what caused the prisoners to refuse their meals or how long the strike would continue.
The strike is affecting about one-third of the 300 prisoners who were shipped to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay last month. The detainees are fighters of Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden's terrorist network and the ousted Afghan regime that sponsored it.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and AP.
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